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In Eruvin 74b.2, the Gemara rejects a proof by saying: לְעוֹלָם אֵימָא לָךְ קַיבְּלַהּ מִינֵּהּ, וְהָכָא חַזָּנָא הוּא דַּהֲוָה אָכֵיל נַהֲמָא בְּבֵיתֵיהּ וְאָתֵי בָּיֵית בְּבֵי כְנִישְׁתָּא The G...
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In Eruvin 74b.2, the Gemara rejescts a proof by saying:- >לְעוֹלָם אֵימָא לָךְ קַיבְּלַהּ מִינֵּהּ, וְהָכָא חַזָּנָא הוּא דַּהֲוָה אָכֵיל נַהֲמָא בְּבֵיתֵיהּ **וְאָתֵי בָּיֵית בְּבֵי כְנִישְׁתָּא**
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- >The Gemara rejects this proof. Actually, you can say that Shmuel accepted Rabbi Elazar’s objection and retracted his opinion, and here there was a synagogue attendant who would eat bread in his own house that was located elsewhere, **but would come and sleep in the synagogue**, which was open to the alleyway.
- My question is on the bold parts. There is a halacha in Orach Chaim 151:3,
- >אין ישנים בב"ה אפילו שינת עראי
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- >It is forbidden to have even a short nap in a synagogue
- So how can it be that the attendant would sleep in the shul?
- In Eruvin 74b.2, the Gemara rejects a proof by saying:
- >לְעוֹלָם אֵימָא לָךְ קַיבְּלַהּ מִינֵּהּ, וְהָכָא חַזָּנָא הוּא דַּהֲוָה אָכֵיל נַהֲמָא בְּבֵיתֵיהּ **וְאָתֵי בָּיֵית בְּבֵי כְנִישְׁתָּא**
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- >The Gemara rejects this proof. Actually, you can say that Shmuel accepted Rabbi Elazar’s objection and retracted his opinion, and here there was a synagogue attendant who would eat bread in his own house that was located elsewhere, **but would come and sleep in the synagogue**, which was open to the alleyway.
- My question is on the bold parts. There is a halacha in Orach Chaim 151:3,
- >אין ישנים בב"ה אפילו שינת עראי
- >
- >It is forbidden to have even a short nap in a synagogue
- So how can it be that the attendant would sleep in the shul?
#1: Initial revision
How did they used to sleep in the shul?
In Eruvin 74b.2, the Gemara rejescts a proof by saying: >לְעוֹלָם אֵימָא לָךְ קַיבְּלַהּ מִינֵּהּ, וְהָכָא חַזָּנָא הוּא דַּהֲוָה אָכֵיל נַהֲמָא בְּבֵיתֵיהּ **וְאָתֵי בָּיֵית בְּבֵי כְנִישְׁתָּא** > >The Gemara rejects this proof. Actually, you can say that Shmuel accepted Rabbi Elazar’s objection and retracted his opinion, and here there was a synagogue attendant who would eat bread in his own house that was located elsewhere, **but would come and sleep in the synagogue**, which was open to the alleyway. My question is on the bold parts. There is a halacha in Orach Chaim 151:3, >אין ישנים בב"ה אפילו שינת עראי > >It is forbidden to have even a short nap in a synagogue So how can it be that the attendant would sleep in the shul?